Disruptors for Good: Founder Lessons Roundup

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This is an editorial companion to the Disruptors for Good show hub. Listen on the podcast pages for full embeds and show notes.

Featured episodes

• How Business and Consumerism Can Create Meaningful Impact with David Gaines — David Gaines shares how La Terza Coffee is building a better business through direct trade, ethical sourcing, and more intentional consumer …
• Meet Harbor Fund: Bringing Philanthropic Capital Into Hollywood — Harbor Fund is rethinking how socially meaningful films get financed. In this episode of Disruptors for Good, founder Lindsay Hadley shares …
• How Nest Is Building the Business Infrastructure the Global Artisan Economy Never Had — Nest founder Rebecca Van Bergen has spent 20 years building what microfinance alone never could: holistic business support for artisan entre…
• How Givebutter Grew From a College Dorm to $9B in Donations — Givebutter CEO Max Friedman on 10 years of nonprofit fundraising tech: bootstrapping, COVID pivots, the We Are For Good acquisition, and wha…
• How AidKit Is Modernizing Aid Distribution With Technical Infrastructure — AidKit builds the infrastructure that helps governments and nonprofits get money into the hands of people who need it, faster and with less …
• A Conversation With Kate Williams, CEO of One Percent for the Planet — Kate Williams, CEO of One Percent for the Planet, shares how the organization turns business revenue into verified environmental impact, why…
• From Advocacy to Innovation: Jerry Golden, Chief Policy Officer at Lyft — Lyft Chief Policy Officer Jerry Golden breaks down the policy battles shaping rideshare, what autonomous vehicles really mean for drivers, a…
• Meet the Impact Exchange Turning Trading Fees Into Nonprofit Funding — In Episode 235 of Disruptors for GOOD, WYDE founders Martin Simms and Aaron Rafferty explain how their impact exchange turns trading activit…
• Inside Mural Pay’s Mission to Redefine Global Payments and Financial Inclusion — Mural Pay is redefining global payments through stablecoins, enabling instant, low-cost, and transparent money movement for businesses and c…
• Inside Fast Forward’s AI for Humanity Report and the New Era of Nonprofit Innovation — Fast Forward’s AI for Humanity Report explores how nonprofits are using artificial intelligence to drive impact. Co-founder Kevin Barenblat …
• Meet Trusty: The AI Powered Letter of Wishes for Passing Down What Matters — From photo based asset capture to plain language will summaries and video messages for heirs, Trusty removes uncertainty and preserves stori…
• How Hope Hydration Is Rebuilding the Water Fountain for the 21st Century — Jorge Richardson, co-founder of Hope Hydration, joins the show to talk about the startup’s mission to bring free, filtered water to every st…

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Updated October 2026.